HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear ___
Happy birthday to you

This son is credited 1935 © Mildred J Hill Summy-Birchar Music. Sure Bruce, as most people on this planet, has sung this very traditional song countless times and on many occasions in his life. Here are the confirmed dates on which Bruce sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY:

• 23 Oct 1975 at Gerde's Folk City, New York City, NY (read below)
• 21 Sep 1978 at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ, the crowd sings HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bruce and the band joins in
• 21 Sep 1984 at the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, the crowd sings HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bruce
• 22 Sep 1984 at the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, while Bruce is presenting the band, Nils plays HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bruce and the crowd joins in
• 23 Apr 1988 at the Sports Arena, Las Angeles, CA, Roy Orbison celebrates his birthday at the concert, where Bruce talks about his influence and leads the crowd in singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY
• 23 Sep 1988 at Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, CA, both Joan Baez and Peter Gabriel lead the 60,000 fans in attendance in singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bruce
• 04 Dec 2001 at the Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, played for Southside Johnny
• 11 Jan 2002 at Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, CT, celebrating Clarence Clemons' 60th birthday, Springsteen joined Clarence and his band for four songs. B.B. King also joined in, and they all sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the Big Man
• 14 Apr 2002 at the Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ, during a benefit show for the Rumson Country Day School, the song was performed to Max Weinberg
• 21 Sep 2003 at Comerica Park, Detroit, MI, at the end of the show, Clarence and Steve help lead the crowd in singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bruce
• 26 Mar 2003 at Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia, the song was played during the sound-check to one of the roadies

From Brucebase, about the 23 Oct 1975 show at at Gerde's Folk City, New York City, NY:

With a 6-days break in the West Coast leg of the [Born To Run] tour, Bruce and girlfriend Karen Darbin fly back to New York to attend a private, invitation-only, surprise 61st birthday party for legendary Gerde's Folk City owner Mike Porco (the man who hired a then-unknown Bob Dylan for his first club gigs in New York in 1961). Not only does Dylan show up for the party - he brings along several members of his about-to-tour Rolling Thunder Review, as well as his own film crew. This is the first time Springsteen and Dylan had met and both formed part of a communal group that performed a rendition of HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a Porco. Dylan also performed a duet with Joan Baez. Brief audio-video excerpts of this event are seen in Dylan's 1978 docu-fantasy Renaldo & Clara, though no Springsteen-related footage is shown. However the HAPPY BIRTHDAY segment was audio-video recorded and remains in the vaults.